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Greater Manchester extends telemedicine ECG service
The Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network have successfully piloted a new telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch to provide expert cardiology reporting for patients and will now roll the system out to a total of almost 150 practices. The system allows 12-lead ECGs to be carried out in the GP practice by a doctor […]
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CSC implements new theatre system at Royal Liverpool
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has become the latest trust to go live with a new theatre system, provided by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as part of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). CSC, the local service provider for the North West and West Midlands region of the £6.2 billion NPfIT […]
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North-west GPs to view test results over NHSnet
GPs in the Liverpool area will be able to see the pathology and radiology results of their patients over NHSnet, thanks to the implementation of browser-based access to test results. The Review software, provided by Indigo 4, was installed across Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust, making the total number of trusts in the north-west running the […]
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Document software speeds up transfer to GPs
PCTI, who supply document management and filing software to general practice, have released an update to their software that promises to speed up the transfer of letters between consultants and GPs by automatically transferring and filing correspondence. The electronic document transfer (EDT) system, PCTI, piloted the update to their system in Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, […]
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E-prescribing Arrives for Out-of-Hours GPs
A major step towards electronic prescribing for out-of-hours (OOH) doctors in England has been taken with the launch of new software supporting online prescribing by Adastra Software Ltd. Adastra, the provider of GP out-of-hours software to 80% of GP co-operatives, has incorporated e-prescribing tools into version three of its ‘OnLine Clinician’ software. Stockport and Nottingham […]
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Blair Pledges NHS Broadband Access
Tony Blair has pledged £6bn of public money to deliver high-speed internet access to every school and doctor’s surgery by 2006, as part of a ’21st century revolution’ in the delivery of public services. Speaking at a government conference to discuss its delivery of e-commerce and e-government initiatives, the Prime Minister said £1bn of investment […]
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Capula Acquires Elan Technologies
Elan Technologies, the UK provider of healthcare information systems, has been acquired by Capula Ltd, a provider of IT solutions to the energy, healthcare, utilities, industrial and public sector markets. The deal comes at a critical time in NHS IT with the government widely expected to commit significant new investment into computerising the health service. […]
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NHS Hits Practice E-mail Connectivity Target
The NHSIA has released the latest figures on levels of connection to NHSnet indicating that the national target to ensure 95% of GP practices have e-mail systems in place by March 2001 has already been achieved. According to new NHSIA figures by 24 October 2001 some 8495 (97%) of GP practices had an NHSnet line […]
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